Photograph - Mono (Document ID: 102005)
Exterior view of Norland Upper Hall, Norland, West Yorkshire.
Author: John Y. Stapleton
Date: 1950
Location: Norland
Format: Photograph - Mono
Document ID: 102005
Library ID: 72
Upper Hall, also known as Norland Upper Hall, is to the north west of Norland Town Road. It was erected by John Taylor of Norland Hall, as a residence for his younger son. A stone over the porch gave the date 1690 but the older part of the building was earlier than this. In 1731, Upper Hall was sold to James Alderson, a woolstapler of Bull Close Lane, Halifax and he later sold it to Rev Robert Hargreaves. It stayed in the Hargreaves family into the 20th Century.
This photograph was amongst those published between June 1949 and July 1950 in 'Notable Houses of West Yorkshire', a weekly series of articles in 'The Yorkshire Observer'. The photographs were taken by the author, John Y. Stapleton, during this period.
Upper Hall should not be confused with Norland Hall, which was on London Road and was demolished in 1914. The stones of Norland Hall were exported to the USA and ultimately used to construct several buildings there, including a Presbyterian Chapel. Upper Hall still stands next to the site of Norland Hall.
